Author A. W. PAGE University of Newcastle, Australia and A. HUIZER University of Calgary, Canada Abstract An experimental study of the comparative ability of reinforced and prestressed hollow clay masonry walls to resist racking loads is described. Three walls 3000 mm...
Author DIMITRIJ PUME Building Research Institute, Technical University, Prague, Czechoslovakia Abstract The storey-height reinforced concrete-masonry wall panels designated JCKD, are composed of unbonded masonry contained within a rectangular reinforced concrete grid....
Author L. BINDA and G. BARONIO Polytechnic of Milan Abstract The adhesion between binder and aggregate and the resulting mortar and brick in ancient mortars is not fully understood. Mortars and plasters made with hydra ted lime and powdered bricks...
Author A. W. PAGE University of Newcastle, Australia and N. G. SHRIVE University of Calgary, Canada Abstract The compressive strength of masonry is usually estimated from tests on small assemblages or tests on the components — the units and mortar. Testing methods...
Author G. J. EDGELL and W. TEMPLETON British Ceramic Research Limited, Stoke-on-Trent Abstract Relatively little information is available about the performance of reinforced brickwork colums although their use, in conjunction with open section walls and stiff floors,...
Author N. M. BHANDARI & D. N. TRIKHA University of Roorkee, India Abstract Complete masonry buildings can be analysed by the conventional finite element method. Since it is impracticable and expensive to distinguish each brick and mortar joint separately, a super...
Author N. G. SHRIVE The University of Calgary Abstract In some masonry, creep can be as large as the moisture, thermal and elastic strains combined. Clay masonry has been used as a supposedly non-load-bearing veneer in composite construction where differential...
Author F. M. KHALAF* University of Edinburgh Abstract Fifteen single-block specimens and seventeen two-block prisms with three different concrete infill conditions (unfilled, partially, and completely filled) have been tested for strength and strain performance when...
Author W. M. CHURCHILL Abstract Observations made on extensive site surveys of calcium silicate brickwork are reported together with general conclusions and recommendations for preventing cracking of the brickwork.
Author H. A. MOGHADDAM Sharif University, Tehran, Iran J. G. CHINWAH Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria and A. C. HARGREAVES Imperial College, London Abstract This paper describes the dynamic response of a scaled unframed 1.7 m x...
Author J. J. BROOKS and C. S. ABDULLAH University of Leeds Abstract The size and shape of the cross-section of brickwork walls and piers is quantified in terms of the volume/exposed drying surface area ratio (v/s), and the time-dependent properties: creep,...
Author B. P. SINHA University of Edinburgh and R. C. DE VEKEY Building Research Establishment Abstract The paper gives test results for 315 brickwork prisms of five different types, built with four types of perforated bricks in designations (i), (ii), and iii)...
Author SIEGFRIED STOCKL, PETER HOFMANN and JURGEN MAINZ Lehrstuhl fur Massivbau, Technische Universitat Munchen Abstract The difficulty of finding a good test specimen to determine the shear bond properties of mortar joints is well known. Finite element calculations...
Author B. V. VENKATARAMA REDDY and J. S. JAGADISH Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Abstract This paper deals with the strength and modulus of elasticity of soil-cement block masonry, both dry and wet, the effect of the strength of five cement: mortar mixes using...
Author L. BINDA and G. BARONIO Politecnico di Milano Abstract Strengthening masonry by grouting is widely used in Italy and some other European countries particularly in seismic areas to repair ancient and decayed buildings. A number of masonry prisms previously...
Author J. R. SOUTHERN and C. M. STIRLING Building Research Establishment, Scottish Laboratory. Abstract Walls of different masonry materials facing from ESE through S to WSW were insulated internally between battens and provided with a vapour check. Condensation was...
Author W. H. HARRISON and M. E. GAZE Building Research Establishment, Garston Abstract Small specimens of mortar made by normal brick-laying techniques were subjected to wet/dry, freeze/thaw cycles to simulate severe exposure. Variables included two different types of...
Author U. B. CHOUBEY and S. N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract An experimental programme was carried out to investigate the response of brick masonry under cyclic compressive loading. The tests on brick masonry of half brick thicknesses have been...
Author B. KRALJ Jugoturbina-Institut, Yugoslavia and J. MIDDLETON and G. N. PANDE University College of Swansea Abstract This paper describes a new computational approach for the assessment of frost damage to brick masonry. Masonry is modelled as an equivalent...
